Turn on the news, look at any of the modern day conflicts happening in the world, and you get the idea that war is pretty bloody complicated. But most games do a really poor job of conveying that fact.
Even the recent Call of Duty: Ghosts, with a story featuring a brutal conflict between the fictitious Federation and the United States, is devoid of refugees or civilians – You’ll just encounter wave after wave of hostile soldiers and military hardware. The invaders have captured several of the world’s major cities, building huge turrets that destroy everything in their path. The game tasks you with saving a near-future Earth from an alien onslaught. Battlefield 4 does a slightly better job, featuring an extended scene where the player’s home base, an aircraft carrier in the South China Sea, begins accepting refugees fleeing a nearby warzone. Anomaly Warzone Earth is an extraordinary mixture of action and strategy in a reversed tower defense formula. But other than that, the viewpoints of an armed conflict in a game are limited, and usually the same – that of a soldier.Įnter 11bit studios, famous for its Anomaly tower defense series, which just Wednesday announced This War of Mine, which has a unique approach to depicting war and conflict in a video game. Instead of being an infantry grunt in the field or a special ops commando, This War of Mine puts players in control of group of civilians in the midst of a war-torn city. With opposing armies battling each other in the streets, your goal is to keep your group of non-combatants alive day to day. There isn’t a huge amount of detail as yet, but according to the description accompanying the trailer and announcment post, gameplay is focused on scavenging for food, medicine, weapons and other supplies for those residing in your refuge, along with upgrading your shelter and crafting items. But other than that, the viewpoints of an armed conflict in a game are limited, and usually the same that of a soldier.nter 11bit studios, famous for its Anomaly tower defense series, which just Wednesday announced This War of Mine, which has a unique approach to depicting war and conflict in a video game. In a blog post accompanying the game, lead designer Michal Drozdowski explained that the game is inspired by real-life events, namely an article the team came across that described one man’s struggle to survive in a besieged city: “We learned about his hardships and the horror of that experience,” Drozdowski wrote. “We decided to work around this idea and make something real, something that moves people and makes them stop think for a second. Anomaly Warzone Earth All Discussions Screenshots Artwork Broadcasts Videos News Guides Reviews 3 in Group Chat View Stats Lead an armored squad through the perils of this reversed tower defense action-strategy game 9.99 Visit the Store Page Most popular community and official content for the past week.
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